Good WW2 movies

[Elgalad]

Too much politics makes Elgalad a dull boy, so hurray! Time for some meaningless fluff topic that everyone can have fun with.

I dont really have any favorites, but I did like these five a lot..

1. Catch-22
2. Kelly's Heroes
3. Eye of the Needle
4. Enemy at the Gates
5. Windtalkers

I wanted to add the Keep to that list, but it isnt really about the war, rather a human drama/supernatural thriller that happens to be set during it.

Curious about what movies you all like that were set in that period.

-Elgalad

 

[thestonesfan]

Dirty Dozen, Great Escape, Saving Private Ryan, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Guns of Navaronne...

 

[privatehudson]

Kelly's Heroes for fun, Saving Private Ryan for fantasy and Band of Brothers for reality

(and yes I know BOB is not a film)

 

[Bugfatty300]

I always liked that movie Battle of Britain along with Das Boot and Patton.

 

[dgfred]

Kelly's Heroes for fun, Saving Private Ryan for fantasy and Band of Brothers for reality

(and yes I know BOB is not a film)

My favs too . Kelly's Heroes Oddball- "What's with
the negative waves"

 

[MadScot]

Das Boot for realism, A Bridge Too Far for a "big" movie....

..."It was the single road" ... there, I said it

 

[PantheraTigris2]

The Longest Day, and The Battle of the Bulge, are a couple more classics that haven't been mentioned.

 

[Esckey]

Daddy what did you do during the War?
Kelly' Heroes
Bridge Too Far
Das Boot

Those are my favorites

 

[Tycho Brahe]

Catch-22
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot
A Bridge Too Far
Stalingrad
Cross of Iron (with James Coburn)

 

[Neomega]

Midway with Charlton Heston

 

[Riesstiu IV]

I personally enjoyed Enemy at the Gates and Saving Private Ryan.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

And don't forget "The Eagle Has Landed" with Michael Caine as german officer

 

[Duddha]

Don't forget The Thin Red Line.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

...Bridge Over the River Kwai...

Oh yeah, that's a classic.

*whistling*

 

[PantheraTigris2]

Midway with Charlton Heston

Oh yeah...
That's a great classic.

And what about Tora Tora Tora - anybody mentioned that yet? Not to be missed!

Also, I guess we have to mention the modern Pearl Harbor movie...

 

[Tycho Brahe]

Objective, Burma! (1945) with Errol Flynn as Capt. Nelson
They Were Expendable (1945) with John Wayne

... okay I'll stop now.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

...
Also, I guess we have to mention the modern Pearl Harbor movie...

Naah! Let's forget it.

 

[privatehudson]

How on earth did I forget Das Boot

And yes, let's please forget Pearl Harbour, it's nicer that way

 

[PantheraTigris2]

Oh come on now, what other WWII movie also so effectively doubles as a make-out-with-your-chick-flick??

 

[Tycho Brahe]

Oh come on now, what other WWII movie also so effectively doubles as a make-out-with-your-chick-flick??

I'm not good at making out with my eyes bleeding.

But now you mention it, how about "The english patient"?